Andrew reacts to Corbar closure decision  

On Tuesday 6th December, the day before the decision on Corbar was due, Andrew sent the following email to David Sharp and Mark Todd, of Derbyshire County NHS, which was subsequently read out at the meeting prior to the decision being made:   Dear David & Mark,After the many letters, emails and conversations we have had over the last few weeks and months, this is a last and final throw of the dice prior to your meeting tomorrow at which the fate of the Corbar Unit will be decided. I believe that a closure would be mistaken and misguided. I understand that you are looking to re-organise and look at budgets but a decision to shut Corbar is in my view, an easy short cut option. In a week in which I have received a copy of Chesterfield’s annual report which was luxurious in the extreme and the cost of which fills me with dread, I wonder if there are similar examples of what is, in my...